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    García-Canclin interrogates how could be possible that popular cultures have been excluded from research on hegemony and state‚ social change‚ and development in a continent in which masses have been decisive in revolutions. Two crisis have lead to study popular cultures: first‚ the crisis of hegemony and the epistemological crisis. “The exhaustion of economistic paradigms that fail to account for the cultural bases of power‚ and the non-economic necessities that mobilize peoples” (p. 467). García-Canclini

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    Synopsis of Films

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    Synopsis of film Introduction The second wave feminism has brought about several new feminist film theories. Concepts such as the gaze and scopophilia were introduced in the analysis and study of films‚ notably from individuals such as Laura Mulvey‚ Gaylyn Studlar and Gilles Deluze. Laura Mulvey uses Freud’s psychoanalytic theories and concepts as “political weapons” to argue that cinematic spectatorship is influenced by patriarchal society (Mulvey‚ 746). Women in films are often used to depict

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    DBQ- Development of the United States Constitution to Ensure Popular Sovereignty In 1776 the United States declared its independence from the tyrannical British Empire and has been growing as a nation ever since then. The first constitution that the United States developed as a united country was the Articles of Confederation‚ which failed horribly. But learning from the mistakes made in the Articles of Confederation the brilliant minds of early America drafted the Constitution‚ a document that

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    Popular Culture Paper

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    Popular American Culture Austin Gardner SOC/105 October 20‚ 2013 Matthew Szlapak Popular American Culture Popular culture surrounds us every day; when we go to the grocery store it’s there in the checkout line‚ on the car radio when you drive down the road‚ and on every webpage that we visit. Not only is popular culture everywhere around us‚ it influences nearly every decision that we make; from the television shows we watch‚ the cloths we wear‚ the food we eat‚ or even the cars we choose to drive

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    Trends in Popular Culture

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    Trends in Popular American Culture Trends in Popular American Culture American culture has evolved so much in the last 40 years‚ it is amazing. So many things that are acceptable now‚ would have never been considered in the past. I will be discussing the social trend of using my space on the internet to create friendships and more serious relationships‚ the newest political trend of a women name Sarah Palin with a very controversial pasts running for vice president‚ the personal trends

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    scene‚ especially when concerning action‚ thrillers‚ and dramas. Music is a legitimate form of popular culture because it has stood test of time and is the only form of popular culture widely regarded and cherished. Music is used to play the Star Spangled Banner and many other famous melodies to evoke patriotism for Americans. Every country has its own theme song‚ seeming to me to make music the most popular form of

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    Popular American Culture What is culture? Zimmerman (2012)‚ “culture is the characteristics of a particular group of people‚ defined by everything from language‚ religion‚ cuisine‚ social habits‚ music and arts” (para. 1). We currently live in a society filled with many different nationalities therefore‚ creating many different cultural influences. There are many types of cultures that exist from Latin culture and American culture to popular culture. Prior to current research‚ I was oblivious

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    Music in Film

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    Project 1 “Psycho” After the silent films‚ war movies‚ and popular music came the new American cinema during the 1960’s. Old traditions were ignored as new modern and popular styles were adapted. People were subject to civil rights issues‚ sexual liberation‚ assassinations‚ and war that were all televised. Things were changing and movie directors had to take advantage of the new opportunities and be creative‚ creating horror films. One of the first films to set the pace for the new generation

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    through collective decision making and by providing opportunity to eliminate unjust leaders. Popular sovereignty is the skeleton that runs through the body of the American government system. A simple definition of popular sovereignty is people power. When the U.S. Constitution was written‚ they had this definition that still influences how our modern day system functions in mind. An example of popular sovereignty is our legislative branch. The legislative branch is made up of two large collectives

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    Why Soccer Is Popular

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    Research Questions 1. Why is soccer not popular in the U.S.A? It’s not popular in U.S.A because of riots‚ player with one name‚ brutality‚ flopping objectivity‚ substitution‚ not enough scoring‚ the use of hands‚ the tie‚ and that they are not the best at it. Source: http://bleacherreport.com/articles/21488-top-ten-reasons-soccer-isnt-popular-in-the-united-states 2. Why soccer is called football in some countries? A journalist in The Time of London recently bemoaned the use of the Americanism

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